Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic World Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, historical periods, and entities from Archaic/Classical Greece through the Hellenistic world based on lecture notes.

Polis

A Greek city-state with a growing population where each city had its own god.

Archaic Period

The period in Greek history from 800 to 479 BCE, characterized by expansion, outer conflict, and the Persian Wars.

Classical Period

The period in Greek history from 479 to 323 BCE, characterized by power struggles and inner conflict within Greek society.

Peloponnesian Wars

A Classical Period inner conflict in Greek society where Athens tried to take more power, but the Spartans won the war.

Doric

A masculine style of Greek architecture.

Ionic

A feminine style of Greek architecture.

Council of 500

A democratic body in Athens made up of rich men from 10 groups.

Helots

Slaves in Sparta used exclusively for labor and farming who were treated very badly due to an enforced hierarchy.

Spartan Women

Women in Sparta who could own property, had some education, and needed to be strong to birth strong men.

Levant

An Iron Age region consisting of a mixture of Phoenicians, Israelites, Philistines, Assyrians, and other groups.

586 BCE

The year the Babylonians conquered Judah, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and began the Babylonian captivity.

539 BCE

The year Persia conquered Babylon, allowing Israelites to return to their homeland, including Jerusalem.

King Cyrus the Great

The Persian king who overthrew the Medes and later conquered Babylon in 539 BCE.

Yahweh

The Jewish god.

Hellenistic World

The period from 323 to 30 BCE that began when Alexander the Great died and his successors took over.